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If you are like me and are a little challenged when it comes to growing things, you can simply use these little creatures as shelf decorations, but they also look good in plants. 🙂 The Caterpillar is my fifth aluminum can plant charm creation. I have also made a bumblebee, an ant, a ladybug, and…
Do you grow a garden every year? I have made what can only be considered feeble attempts from year to year, and last year’s garden was my most expensive failure yet. I have made a few different garden marker designs in the past, but each year I seem to need different markers since I am…
So what would you do with 154 aluminum cans? What you have never asked yourself that? Well, I never! Your leisure choices are more likely to include lounging in a beach chair, enjoying a cold one, hanging with friends, reading, watching tv, going out to dinner, or one of the numerous other socially acceptable forms…
** Trigger warning for botanists, plant lovers, and horticultural geniuses ** 🤣🤣🤣 This morning we have a glimpse of the sun, but more thunderstorms are in the forecast. The past week has been wet and rainy, making the outdoors remarkably lush and green and saving me temporarily from my watering duties. But as fate would…
Hello, It’s so lovely to have you here. It’s feeling more and more like spring where we live, and I have already done a bit of planting. Unfortunately, I don’t have the greenest thumb, but I figure I am still teachable, so I have some hope to improve my skills. Still, I am better at…
This is one of my favorite aluminum can crafts. Once you learn a few tips and tricks, you can easily turn your next drink can into some pretty metal beads for jewelry and other projects. Watch this video for all the details. Happy Upcycling, Cindy Advertising Disclosure: Upcycle Design Lab may be compensated in exchange…
Do you ever do something just because it makes you giggle? Well, that is my only explanation for spending hours on this project, with countless more to come. It is silly, but this design is stuck in my head and I am compelled to continue. So here is an update on the dress so far….
I don’t know about you, but I definitely have spring fever. Here in Colorado, it is not quite planting season yet, and the weather is still back and forth between warm and cold temperatures. But warmer weather is coming, and even with my brown thumb, I am eagerly awaiting the chance to get a little…
Bead templates are available at the bottom of this post. Do you love houseplants? Is your house filled with all sorts of ornamental varieties? Is it a veritable encyclopedia of greenery? What is your secret? I would really like to know. I do enjoy having plants in our home, but the valiant philodendron is about…
Every now and then, I need the simple pleasure of fresh flowers. The winter weather has been lingering here in Colorado, which has prompted me to bring this little touch of spring indoors as a reminder that soon the outside will be more colorful and pleasant. In preparation for this unaccustomed treat, I set about…
